>I see the fundamental problem is dependence on existing capital assets that emit CO2
I don't think you're wrong, but an opinion like you're expressing doesn't say what, who, how it should be done. It doesn't set a goal that can be achieved, and it doesn't imply that success would solve the problem of reducing global CO2 levels.
Have you ever had a project manager tell you how to write code?
>carbon taxes which punish working class people
That's why the revenue needs to be sent right back to the people in equal amounts.
If that isn't good enough, it doesn't mean carbon taxes are less necessary. You haven't stated why it won't work or is not necessary in a way that I can understand yet.
Doing other things seems to me like the ultimate example of "looking for your keys under the streetlight even though you dropped them in the dark".
Or, it's like the joke "we must do something; this is something, therefore we must do it".
Building things produces CO2. People will argue endlessly about how much. It's impossible for everyone to agree on the facts, but the quantity matters.
We don't want any particular activity or product to be generated, we want less CO2. If we reward specific things that are associated currently with less CO2 but don't logically entail it, it will be a very short time until people optimize those goals by producing more CO2.
I don't think you're wrong, but an opinion like you're expressing doesn't say what, who, how it should be done. It doesn't set a goal that can be achieved, and it doesn't imply that success would solve the problem of reducing global CO2 levels.
Have you ever had a project manager tell you how to write code?
>carbon taxes which punish working class people
That's why the revenue needs to be sent right back to the people in equal amounts.
If that isn't good enough, it doesn't mean carbon taxes are less necessary. You haven't stated why it won't work or is not necessary in a way that I can understand yet.
Doing other things seems to me like the ultimate example of "looking for your keys under the streetlight even though you dropped them in the dark".
Or, it's like the joke "we must do something; this is something, therefore we must do it".
Building things produces CO2. People will argue endlessly about how much. It's impossible for everyone to agree on the facts, but the quantity matters.
We don't want any particular activity or product to be generated, we want less CO2. If we reward specific things that are associated currently with less CO2 but don't logically entail it, it will be a very short time until people optimize those goals by producing more CO2.